Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-11-01
LlcnTEm TIE WORK.
A Duty That Every Housekeeper Owes Z
Herself and Her Family.

| want-of-rest expressions that are
stamped upon their features. These
NAV, In some cases, be the effects Of III
health or too close application to the
demands of society. which quite fire.
| auently are the causes of ill health, but
the majority of them are honsekeepers.
working housekeepers, many of them
mothers of large families. To all house
keepers. but more particularly to the
latter class, does this article refer.
1t is duty you owe to yourself and
family to tighten your Homework as
much as possible. so that your husband
and children may not be called upon to
mourn the loss of wife and mother long
before your natural time. Every year
there are many women die from over
work, and most Of them from unneces-
sary work. To be sure. this is not the
disease set down as the cause OF death
on the certificate Of the physician:
there was probably pneumonia, typhoid
fever or some other kindred disease
but corld we get tho opinion Of the at
tending physicians. | have no doubt
they would say that, were not the con
stitutions OF many Of these women de-
dilitated by oyerwork. they would have
been living to-day. 1t is. think. adj
mitted by most physicians that, unless,
the constitution is naturally weak, or
weakened by cxcesses the above dis
eases seldom prove fatal
American women are not, rs rule.
Of as robust constitutions RS those o
other countries, Whether tho womel
themselves are to blame for this or til,
climate Of the country Chat. by thu
way is made TO mother good many
his she had no hand in making). 1t il
hard 10 determine. but that the Amcri-
can women are not strong Is an estab.
lished fact. You. then. knowing this
have no right whatever to abuse YOU
constitution by excessive work wher,
there Is no necessity for it. Don't hav,
| white clothes for the little ones to play
in, but II you do have them, make then
plain. Throw away all tucks and ruf.
ncs in every day wear for yourself ane
| children. Don't wear lace or linen col
lars every day. They are not worth
the strength in doing them up, and /
sent TO tho laundry wear out in such
little while that they do not pey In tn
end. Use tourists rutliing for ever,
| day. II can not be washed but IL /
very pretty. and when soiled can b.
thrown away. and in the end be mucl
| cheaper than collars that are washe,
every week. Particularly Is this ruf
ding suitable to warm. sullry weather
as 1t retains its shape and is much coole
than linen collars, which are the mos
| uncomfortable kind OF neckwear 70
hot weather. With the exception OF /
few articles. don't iron but very slight,
| tho plain clothes. Only the sheets fol-
the spare bed need be ironcl all over
The rest need not be pressed only Il
top and bottom. The plain I'm
derclothing need get but sligh
ironing, and If the family is large, non,
ut Nil. Some people prefer to wea
their underclothing rough dry, claiming
that 1t is healthier. Tho neatest an,
hest housekeoper | ever knew was a.
old lady who would never have he
undcrclothing ironed on this score. Sh
never used an iron pot or kettle whei
she could get n tin or some other ligh
ware to answer the same purpose. Sh
claimed that though tin would wear on
quicker than iron, yet in the end it wa
cheaper. for it saved both time an,
strength, It saved time, for when in
hurry whatever she wished to cool
could be done in one-balf the time thai
II iron were used. and itsaved strength
for In lifting from one part of tho stow,
to another il required very little excr
ton. Some may claim that the tiuwar
is not conducive TO health. but, how
ever. IL tho tin Is kept clean there i
very little danger to be feared on tina
score.
| Done have heavy furniture. moi
particularly In your dining-ruom @
kitchen. Light furniture, both in cole
aud weight, win save great deal G.
unnecessary work. Dark-rolorcd fu,
aiture shows every speck of dirt tina
settles on it, and though there won't
not be enough to harm any body. We
the least speck Is an cycsore to tn
housekoeper, who must keep confirm
ally at work to keep 1t clean Light
oolorcd furniture does not show dust il
this way. aud Is much more preferable
and II of light weight the lifting of it i
very easy matter. Get all the labor
sewing articles you can possibly afford
You wilt. very likely, find some that ar
OF little account, but there are som
that are excellent. and it will be wort
your experiment with .he others to fin,
the articles you want Above all things
don't cling to certain way of doin
things because your grandmother did i
that way, when you can find an easie
way of doing 1t, Dn you suppose YOU
respected ancestress would have don,
it the way she did II she could hav,
known an castor onep Certainly not
Remember the world moves, and yor
are expected to moys with it. Bostol
Budget
The oat is splendid food for yo ans
animals, because, compared with corn
straw, etc. 1t is rich In muscle ant
bone-forming elements. and this ais,
makes it splendid food for work ami
mails Corn should be fed sparingly t,
work animals during the summer es